All-Energy conference and exhibition opened its doors today at Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre (SECC) in Glasgow. The move from Aberdeen to Glasgow has been greeted with enthusiasm by exhibitors, visitors and speakers. The event plays an important role for Glasgow during its Green Year. Al
Blake Boren, a PhD student from Oregon State University’s Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (NNMREC), advised by Dr. Belinda Batten (NNMREC Director), has begun testing his wave energy converter prototype at the O. H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory (HWRL) in coordination with Ped
On 30 April 2015 the DanTysk wind farm was inaugurated in Hamburg, Germany. DanTysk is one of the first large-scale offshore wind farms ever to be built in the German North Sea and will provide 400.000 households with renewable electricity. The ceremony, held in Hamburg, was attended by German Feder
As part of its continuing strategy to focus on growing business sectors in the UK, GAC (Gulf Agency Company) has opened a new quayside office in Great Yarmouth to meet the needs of the renewable energy sector in the Southern North Sea for integrated shipping and logistics services. Adrian Henry, GAC
Nor-Shipping has announced the nominees for the 2015 Nor-Shipping Awards. The awards recognize achievements in three areas – energy efficiency, innovative ship design and young entrepreneurship. From the offshore wind industry, X-STERN™ has been nominated for the Next Generation Ship Award and CEO o
Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has appointed Tim Hurst as Managing Director of Wave Energy Scotland (WES). WES aims to support and accelerate the development of wave energy technology through a series of competitive technology calls. Wave Energy Scotland is a subsidiary of HIE and it was set
A2SEA’s specialist jack-up vessel Sea Challenger has recently installed the last 6MW turbine at Westermost Rough. Developed by Dong Energy the wind farm, comprising 35 turbines, can produce enough power to cover the annual electricity consumption of more than 150,000 households. The wind turbines ha
In the first quarter of 2015, Vestas generated revenue of EUR 1,519m – an increase of 18 percent compared to the year-earlier period. At the end of March 2015, Vestas had service agreements with contractual future revenue of EUR 7.5bn – an increase of 9 percent compared to the end of March 2014. Ser
The Scottish Energy Minister has today launched a competition run by the European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) offering free Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) to successful technology developers. In his keynote address at the All-Energy conference in Glasgow, Fergus Ewing announced that the
Vattenfall, the Swedish energy company behind the extension to Kentish Flats offshore wind farm, has appointed a Thanet business to build an extension to its operations centre for the scheme. The building extension in Ramsgate harbour is being built by Ramsgate-based BEC and a number of locally base
The UK Planning Inspectorate submitted a report of recommendation for Forewind’s Dogger Bank Teesside A&B offshore wind project to the Secretary of State on May 5. The Secretary of State will issue a decision in the following three months. Dogger Bank Teesside is Forewind’s second stage of developme
James Fisher will acquire the entire share capital of Mojo Maritime Limited (MML), the company said this morning. The initial consideration is £3.2m in cash, plus potential future consideration of £0.3m if the earnings before interest and taxation are £0.65m or greater for the year ending 31 Decembe
TÜV NORD has received an order from Dong Energy to monitor commissioning of the offshore wind farm Borkum Riffgrund 1. Experts will test the function of the wind turbines on site – in particular their safety systems. TÜV NORD will also issue the project certificate at the end of the commissioning pr
The Renewables Consulting Group (RCG) has named Gareth Lewis as a Director and member of the global management committee, based from the company’s London headquarters. Lewis is a qualified marine biologist, underwater technologist, commercial diver and yachtmaster with 24 years’ experience of renewa
